The managing director of real estate giant DOM-INNO Builders Limited, Abdus Salam, has been ordered to surrender in court in a case filed over building design forgery.
The High Court has given him two weeks to turn himself in at the trial court on charges brought by the Anti-Corruption Commission.
The HC bench of justices Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and KM Hafizul Alam issued the order on Monday (Nov 25) rejecting a bail petition.
The family of one Sirajul Islam -- his wife Begum Rokeya Islam, sons Enamul Haque and Md. Ekramul Haque, and daughters Akhter Banu and Nahid Akhter, inherited a piece of 5 katha land in Dhaka's Banani are following his demise.
On Dec 17, 2006, DOM-INNO Properties Limited, in which Abdus Salam holds the position of the managing director, signed an agreement with the family to construct a building on the land. All owners of the land except Enamul Haque consented to the agreement.
Later, the DOM-INNO boss allegedly forged the signature of Enamul Haque, who lived in London from 2005 to 2010, to get the approval for the building design from the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK).
Following the allegation, the ACC opened an inquiry and then filed a lawsuit with Banani police on Nov 8, 2016 naming five people.
Along with Abdus Salam, the others accused are Shamsur Rahman, a former authorized officer of RAJUK and incumbent caretaker engineer of National Housing Authority, Shafiqul Islam, another former authorized officer of RAJUK, Moslem Uddin, chief building inspector of RAJUK, Kazi Amit Hasan, data entry operator of RAJUK.
The case is now pending at Dhaka's Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court.
Facing court order is nothing new the realtor.
On Oct 17, 2016, a Dhaka court issued arrest warrants against the chairperson and the managing director of DOM-INNO for disregarding an earlier court order in a cheating case against them.
The court issued the order against the duo for dishonouring court order to appear before it in a case of breach of commitment and harassment.
A Banani resident, 'Shamsuddin', moved to the court after an equal ownership contract with DOM-INNO on his plot, which developers allegedly violated.
The contract specified that DOM-INNO would pay a rent of Tk 2 million per month if the realtor did not complete the construction on time.